Police said an investigation into her relationship with the victim began on Dec. 17, 2008, when the father of the victim told police that he suspected his son was sexually involved with Link. Link knew the victim's family, and the boy said during interviews with the Major Crimes Unit that the two had been sexually involved since August 2008, according to the release.

The victim said Link had rented a house at 200 E. Forest Ave. in Columbia where she would allow him and his friends to “hang out;" the sexual acts occurred at the residence, the release said.

Link was taken to the Columbia Police Department for processing and was then transported to Boone County Correctional Facility, the release said.